Friday, November 24, 2006

Google defends against Belgian newspaper copyright case ... Sony finds CCD problem with some digital cameras

HIGHLIGHTS
News: Google defends against Belgian newspaper copyright case
News: E.U. panel asks Swift to stop giving banking data to U.S.
News: French filmmaker sues Google Video
News: Sony finds CCD problem with some digital cameras
Interview: Ex-PeopleSoft CEO talks hosted apps, Oracle
Podcast: Today's IT news audio update
ITwhirled: Geek Comic of the Week: Overcompensating


NEWS UPDATES

Google defends against Belgian newspaper copyright case
Google Inc. launched a robust defense of its practice of caching and summarizing newspaper articles on its news search engine Google News in a Brussels courtroom on Friday.

E.U. panel asks Swift to stop giving banking data to U.S.
An international banking organization violated European Union and Belgian data privacy laws by turning over information to U.S. authorities for terrorism investigations, an independent panel set up by the European Commission has concluded.

French filmmaker sues Google Video
A French film company filed a lawsuit against Google Inc. in the Paris Commercial Court, charging the search giant with copyright infringement.

Sony finds CCD problem with some digital cameras
Problems with the image pick-up in eight models of Sony Corp. digital still camera could mean the inability to take clear pictures or any photos at all, the company said Friday.

New Skype handset doesn't require a PC
A Danish company has begun selling a cordless telephone handset that works with Skype and doesn't require a personal computer.


INTERVIEW

Ex-PeopleSoft CEO talks hosted apps, Oracle
Craig Conway, the former head of PeopleSoft, has kept a low profile in the IT world since his public ouster from the company in October 2004, a few months before the enterprise applications vendor was acquired by Oracle. In this interview, he talks about his new role at enterprise search startup Kazeon, his old nemesis Oracle, and the future of on-demand applications.


PODCAST

Daily IT News Audio Update
Microsoft meets European regulator's deadline ... French Assembly to use open-source software ... U.K. to legalize radio transmitters for portable music devices


ITWHIRLED

Geek Comic of the Week: Overcompensating
This comic bills itself as real things that actually happen to Webcomic artist Jeffery Rowland and his friends, many of whom are Webcomic artists themselves. But we sort of doubt they ever tried to market a line of tequila that comes with a free GED, or took the world's sketchiest limo ride in which the driver tried to sell them a pimp cup.

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